When everyone heard He Ji's screams, they all looked at the eight-door formation. Gu Xiao looked serious. He had promised the ancestor of the He family to catch the liger. If the liger didn't catch it, He Ji would instead. How could he be so shameless as to ask for the letter that entered Murong Valley's law when he was injured by the liger?
In times of crisis, people often have quick wits. Gu Xiao's mind flashed back to what his master taught him about the Eight Gate Formation.
The master took a willow branch in his hand and tapped himself from time to time to prevent himself from getting distracted. Then he stroked his beard and said: "Xiu, birth, injury, Du, scene, death, surprise. The eight gates opened correspond to the hurdles, the five elements and the eight trigrams. For the Gen, Zhen, Xun, Li, Kun, Dui and Qian hexagrams, you should enter through the Sheng gate and exit through the closed gate, so that you can safely leave the formation of the eight gates."
Thinking of this, Gu Xiao became troubled. He didn't understand the hexagrams but how to distinguish the eight gates.
Gu Xiao was thinking that it would be great if he was outside Lingzhou City at this moment, and the Shangguan people who were talking about him were here. He could only mutter to himself: "Shengmen enters, Ximen comes out, the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, what is this hexagram?" How does the elephant look?"
While he was distressed, he suddenly heard Ren Buonan beside him say: "Mu Shaoxia, did I hear you right? You said that this stone gate formation is related to the hexagrams? If Mu Shaoxia needs it, maybe I can help. .”
"Do you understand the Five Elements hexagrams?" Gu Xiao was overjoyed and grabbed Ren Bunan's shoulder with his backhand, shocking the silver-clad guardian and backing away.
"Yes, before I met my eldest brother and my third brother, I made a living by walking around the streets and telling people's fortunes. Although most of them were lies, I could only deal with ignorant people who didn't understand anything. It's enough. Just now I heard Mr. Mu say that the Eight Stone Gate Formations are related to the Five Elements Hexagrams..." Ren Bunan was also worried that Gu Xiao would be like He Ji before and asked him to explore the way to break into the formations, and hurriedly Tell Gu Xiao that he knows some hexagrams, so that he doesn't have to become a pathfinder who wants to die.
"It couldn't be better. I recalled a little bit about how to enter the Shimen Eight Formations, but I don't understand the hexagrams. It would be great if Brother Ren understands it." Gu Xiao was glad that fortunately, there was a group of people in the formation. , there are people who know the hexagrams, otherwise even if everyone dies here, they will not be able to escape from here.
It is not difficult for Ren to remember firmly that although the eldest brother, He Bufanyan, is a young man with simple clothes, he is extremely skilled in martial arts. There must be a capable person behind him. Don't underestimate him. Thinking about the whereabouts of the eldest brother and third brother now, they still have to fall. The young man immediately said respectfully: "But it depends on Mu Shaoxia's orders."
Seeing that time was running out, Gu Xiao stopped being polite and gave instructions: "This Eight Stone Gate Formation is surrounded by eight gates. I need Brother Ren to correspond to the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams and calculate the direction of the Stone Gate corresponding to the Gen hexagram."
Ren Bunan was embarrassed and said: "Young Master Mu, in order to deduce the Five Elements, you also need to know the direction. The fog in the eight stone formations is so clear that we already don't know the direction. Please teach me what to do."
Gu Xiao frowned and thought, what Ren BuNan said was indeed correct. The place was filled with mist and it was difficult to tell the direction. Let alone the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, even if it was east, west, north or south, it was impossible to distinguish at this moment. He couldn't help but hesitate.
When Yuwen Tuo saw this, he was also very anxious. He came here not only to get himself on the Shenzhou Lingjue Ranking, but also to represent Ni Dao Sect's face. If the Lord of the Three Castles of Hejiabao were under his command , if something unexpected happens, Ni Dao Sect's reputation will be damaged.
Thinking of this, Yuwen Tuo waved his hand and said: "Why don't we use light skills to jump into these stone gates and break through them? In this way, we can quickly identify which stone gate can find Lord He."
"No, you still remember that when we first entered this place, Mu Yi was disturbed by the fog in the stone gate. If we make a mistake, we may end up in catastrophe." Jiang Ningxue saw that Yuwen Tuo was about to act impulsively. , for fear that he would ruin Gu Xiao's plan by acting impulsively.
Seeing this, Gu Xiao also came to dissuade him and said, "What Miss Jiang said is true. The Eight Formations of Shimen are inherently unpredictable. Now that the whereabouts of Lord He and Shui Canglan are unknown, we must not only capture the ligers, but also When saving people, don’t act impulsively..."
Before Gu Xiao finished speaking, Xiaojie, who had been silent beside him, spoke up: "I have a way to tell the direction."
Everyone was happy when they heard this, and Gu Xiao hurriedly said, "Brother Xiaojie, what can you do?"
"It's winter now, and the northwest wind blows all year round. You see, the cloth strips hanging on the treetops just now were blown up by the winter wind. The direction of the wind should be the northwest." Xiaojie pointed to Shicai Gu from a distance. Xiao's clothes, which were tied to the treetops for everyone to explore their respective paths, were being blown wildly by the winter wind.
"Oh, Xiaojie, you are really a genius." Gu Xiao was overjoyed, patting Xiaojie's thin shoulders repeatedly and laughing.
Xiaojie also smiled, not because of Gu Xiao's praise, but because the problem that his friend encountered was solved.
Now that he has identified the direction, Ren Bu Di didn't wait any longer and immediately started to deduce the corresponding directions according to the Eight Diagrams. He only heard him murmur: "The northwest is Qian, Qian Najia Ren, there is Hai in the Qian, and Gen is northeast..."
Ren BuNan's eyes narrowed, he pointed to a location in the mist and said, "That is the direction corresponding to the Gen hexagram..."
Gu Xiao and others followed the direction pointed by Ren BuNun, and after about a few cups of tea, they arrived at the stone gate in the northeast corresponding to the Gen hexagram.
Standing outside the stone gate, everyone looked inward and saw that the stone gate was very quiet. Although the mist was also lingering, it was much calmer than the murderous aura contained in the previous stone gates.
Gu Xiao observed quietly for a moment, knowing that there was no foolproof way at this time, so he had to take a risk, and immediately moved forward, stepping into the stone gate in the northeast.
As everyone entered the stone gate, only Ren Bunan was still outside the eight formations of the stone gate. Thinking of his eldest brother and third brother who were eagerly waiting for him, he gritted his teeth and followed everyone's footsteps, walking into the stone gate.
In about the time it took to burn a stick of incense, the mist in the eight formations of Shimen only reached ankles at the beginning. As everyone went deeper and deeper, the mist seemed to have filled the air and started to rise.
Ren BuNan, who was walking at the end of the team, became more and more frightened as he walked. He couldn't help but look back, and with a trembling voice, he patted Xiao Jie's shoulder in front of him and said, "Young Master Jie, have we gone the wrong way... "
Ren Buyun was afraid that he had forgotten that the birth gate in the northeast corresponding to the Gen hexagram was also calculated by himself. Patting Xiaojie's shoulder, Ren Buyun felt more and more that Xiaojie's shoulders in front of him were different. The softness of human flesh made Ren Bunan feel strange in his heart. He turned around and looked forward.
It's okay not to look at it. At a glance, Ren BuNan's three souls and seven souls almost flew out of the body. What he had been following were Xiaojie, Gu Xiao and others. What was in front of him were clearly several mummies. And his hand was resting on the shoulder of a mummy in front of him.
The mummy didn't seem to hear the words he asked and kept walking forward. Those who were following the mummies still covered their mouths in horror, trying not to make any more noise.
Although Ren Bunan tried his best to control himself not to make a sound, his nervousness caused his heart to beat violently, which seemed to disturb the mummy walking in front of him.
I saw the mummies turning their heads one after another and looking at Ren Buyan. They saw that the eyes of the mummies were empty, not to mention the eyeballs. There was no trace of flesh and blood. Ren Buyan couldn't stand it anymore and opened his mouth to cry for help in horror. But when he waited He opened his mouth and realized that no matter how much he screamed, no sound could come out of his throat.
Ren BuNan fell into deep despair and saw the mummies gathering around him. In fear, Ren BuNan could only close his eyes tightly and wait for the mummies to swallow him up.
"Second Brother Ren, Second Brother Ren, what's wrong with you?"
Several sounds of concern passed into his ears, and it was not difficult for Ren to hear that the familiar voice belonged to the young man in blue, Mu Yi. He quickly opened his eyes and saw the face of the young man in blue came into view in the mist, and Yuwen Tuo, Xiaojie and others gathered around him, looking at him with puzzled eyes.
He quickly looked around and saw only the clear mist. Where could he see the terrifying mummy he had seen just now? After calming down, Ren Buyi asked Gu Xiao in confusion: "Young Master Mu, where are all the mummies just now?" .”
"What mummy? Just now you were walking at the end and patted Xiaojie on the shoulder. When Xiaojie turned around, you looked frightened, covering your mouth and yelling..." Gu Xiao Xiangren easily explained.
Ren BuNan seemed to be in shock. Could it be that what he had just seen with his own eyes was all an illusion? But this hallucination was too realistic. After calming down, Ren BuNan opened his mouth and told everyone what he had just seen.
After everyone heard this, they were all amazed. The young man in green frowned and pondered for a moment, then said, "I thought I was confused by the stone gate array before because of the weirdness of the formation. Now it seems that it must be the person in this stone gate array." The fog is strange.”
Recalling that before entering the Eighth Formation of the Stone Gate, Gu Xiao had already been disturbed by the fog with just one glance. At this moment, Gu Xiao thought, if he could not crack the way of the fog disturbing people's minds, he was afraid that if he moved forward, he would not know where to go. Sometimes, other people will also be disturbed by this fog.
Recalling what Ren Bunan described, the horrific scenes he saw seemed different from what he saw. From this point of view, everyone saw different scenes when they were disturbed by the fog. It seems that there is no association.
When he was at a loss what to do, Ren BuNan's words suddenly made Gu Xiao wake up. Gu Xiao thought of Ren BuNan's words just now. When he was traveling around the world, he saw a village where the entire village died tragically due to famine, and the corpses were all dead. In the shape of a mummy, what he saw just now when his mind was disturbed by the fog was the horrific mummy. What he was most worried and afraid of was the disappearance of Lin'er, Uncle Li, Brother Tianya and others. Thinking of it, At this point, Gu Xiao seemed to understand how this fog confuses people.
"Everyone, listen to me. This mist can know what we are most worried about and afraid of. As we move forward, we should try our best to restrain ourselves and not be distracted by thinking. Naturally, the mist in this formation will not be able to do anything to us. ." Gu Xiao said firmly to a few people.
Just as Gu Xiao was speaking, Jiang Ningxue was staring at the corridor in the formation in a daze. Her eyes had long lost their previous coldness, and were replaced by a look of unwillingness. She murmured in her mouth: "Father, my daughter does not only care about herself. , I also want to share my father's worries, but why do you do this to me...why..."
Everyone's attention was focused on Gu Xiao, who was talking to Ren BuNan, and they didn't notice anything strange about Jiang Ningxue at the side.
But in Jiang Ningxue's eyes, what she saw was a different scene. Above the splendid hall, on the seat that symbolized supreme power, he was known as the most affectionate person in the world, and he spoke the most ruthless words. words.
"As long as your royal brother can recover, it doesn't matter if I sacrifice my daughter. Don't act like a child..."
With a sound of "Cang Rang", Jiang Ningxue, who was beside them, had already unsheathed the Jinghong Sword in her hand, looking at the snow-white gooseneck and slashing it. This sudden change did not allow anyone present except Gu Xiao to react. Yuwen Tuo wanted to stop him with a look of horror, but it was too late. Seeing that Jiang Ningxue was about to die under his Jinghong Sword, a figure in a green shirt quickly passed in front of everyone.
It turned out that when Gu Xiao was explaining to everyone how the mist in the formation was confusing people that he had analyzed, he saw that Jiang Ningxue was acting strangely. Just as he was about to ask Jiang Ningxue, he saw her reaching out and pulling out the surprise. The Hongjian struck at his own neck and killed himself.
Some people died, but not completely...
